Interactive: The student debt crisis and what Democratic candidates propose doing about it.
Student debt has surged in recent years and now stands at over $1.6 trillion.
Over the last four years, college affordability and student debt have taken on a bigger role in presidential politics, but how to deal with the problem is still a contentious issue among the candidates in 2020. Public higher education institutions are run by state and local governments, and the federal government is limited in how much it can affect their decisions. A plan by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would have the federal government pay two-thirds of the cost of free tuition and put states on the hook for the remaining third.
Other candidates have proposed different approaches. Several, including Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kamala Harris of California and Warren are signed onto a bill that would provide 1:1 matching funds to states that commit to use the money to pursue “debt-free” public college for students to help them graduate without taking on loans.
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